Wal-Mart just ordered a million shirts with this image emblazoned upon them.  The latest trailer for Dark Souls is the most bad-ass thing I've seen all day.  And my life screams "bad-ass."  Apparently someone brought a giant wolf to a giant knife fight, and then blasted some Silent Comedy to set the mood.  "Bartholomew" is a lovely song for a good old fashioned mauling.  A crap-ton of other bosses are on display as well.  Bask in the awesomeness that is this trailer, and prepare to die.  

The story of Deathspank comes to and end(?) with The Baconing.  If you've been following this series at all, you know just how silly these games can get.  Silly enough to title the third installment "The Baconing?"  Yes, sir.  The plot is inconsequential.  All you need to know is that a group of goofy characters will come together for some light dungeon crawling and groan inducing, hit or miss humor. This trailer showcases some of these new characters.  In true Deathspank fashion, they're worth a chuckle or an eye roll.  

We've got a double dose of good news for you this morning as Gears of War 3 has gone gold and is on its way to publication.  To celebrate that news the game's opening cinematic has been revealed.  It features the familiar voice of Anya as she details what's happened since the events of  Gears of War 2.

While Torchlight had three classes two choose from, Torchlight 2 will have four completely new ones.  Already revealed are the Engeineer, Berserker, and Outlander.   With one more class to go and the game (hopefully) getting closer to release we're left wondering, and speculating, just what is our fourth class going to be.

While some of the staff hope to start their fall gaming season, others are busy with work work work.  Others seem strangely fascinated with someone or something named Catherine, I bet we'll know more this coming week.  It's hard to believe August is almost over and the gaming season is going to start kicking up bigtime.  Get ready folks, it's going to be a great one.

Welcome to Beyond Co-Op, a weekly piece that talks about industry stories that may or may not be related to co-op gaming.

Ghost Recon is back next year in a big way after a long hiatus.  Some sexy looking new screenshots have found their way out of Germany at Gamescom and onto the Co-Optimus gallery for the next game, titled Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.  Without a doubt the most stand out thing is the way the game integrates tactical information directly into the game world.  It's slick looking and makes me wish I had some sort of kick ass retinal implant to do the same.   Just think, shopping for fresh vegtables would be so much more fun.

The classic Age of Empires franchise gets an MMO-ish spin and a fresh coat of paint in Age of Empire Online. We take the free to play game for a spin and decide whether or not you should be spending your hard earned money or stick with the free.

This very gooey video from the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC, Rezurrection, has tremendous Zombie footage.  Much of the video is live action, depicting various zombie experiments from the "Call of Duty Zombie Labs."   I think there's even some sort of Zombie Admiral Ackbar around the 1:00 mark.  This DLC may be the last hurrah from Black Ops, but it's the most co-op friendly content by far.  Five Zombie maps will be included in the download, and each will support four player online co-op. (Or two player local co-op, or two player local co-op with two more players online.) 

Q-Games have been on a roll with addictive cooperative games for the PlayStation Network that look good to boot.  From PixelJunk Monster with its tower defense to PixelJunk Shooter 1 and 2 with their addictive strategy and action, we've grown to be fans of the Japanese studio.  

Today Co-Optimus is proud to present an introduction to our very first video series, which will be kicking off this Fall.  Called Good Co-Op. Bad Co-Op - it'll follow the co-op hijinx of Locke and Sunflower who up until this point, were sworn mortal enemies (not really).  The series originally started as something called Big Chief Friendship which we present to you today.

The Harry Potter series - It's over.  Stick a fork in it.  That is one cash cow that has been fully milked. Or has it?  The books may have been read and the films watched, but there is one format of Harry Potter that has yet to be concluded; LEGO Harry Potter.  The first game in the series covered Years 1-4 and was a solid installment in the co-op tastic LEGO franchise.  The sequel is due out in mid November and, suggested by its title, will cover years 5-7 (it is called LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7).  10 minutes of gameplay footage has surfaced so check out Read More to see if the LEGO games have changed since you last played them.